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War and Peace
The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Great Patriotic War of 1812 against Napoleon's invading army.
1956 · Directed by King Vidor · 208 min · War · Romance · Drama · History · 26 frames
Tagline
The greatest novel ever written ... Now magnificently alive on the screen!
Crew
- Screenplay: King Vidor, Bridget Boland, Mario Camerini, Ennio De Concini
- Cinematography: Jack Cardiff
- Edited by: Leo Catozzo
- Music: Nino Rota
- Produced by: Dino De Laurentiis
Cast
- Audrey Hepburn as Natasha Rostova
- Henry Fonda as Pierre Bezukhov
- Mel Ferrer as Prince Andrei Bolkonsky
- Vittorio Gassman as Anatol Kuragin
- Herbert Lom as Napoleon
- Oskar Homolka as Field Marshal Kutuzov
- Anita Ekberg as Helene Kuragina
- Barry Jones as Prince Mikhail Andreevich Rostov
- May Britt as Sonia Rostova
- Jeremy Brett as Nikolai Rostov
Production
- Country: Italy, United States of America
- Language: English, Italian, Russian
- Studios: Paramount Pictures, Ponti-De Laurentiis Cinematografica
- Budget: $5,000,000
- Box office: $12,000,000
- Themes: based on novel or book, winter, marriage, napoleon bonaparte, family, napoleonic wars, pistol duel, 19th century
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